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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1909
Page
3
Fragmented poem lines tell of a longing mother awaiting her children to return to a welcoming fireside. Repeated images of dancing feet voices laughter and hearts hopeful contrast with the author’s loneliness as time passes. The piece evokes nostalgia for youth and the home front of a family separated by distance.
Muriel confesses to Grant that Dudley Hughes plans to marry her for wealth and status. She reveals she will decide in six months, risking her freedom to choose love over Mammon as they discuss escape by the lagoon. Grant urges her to flee but she remains torn between a lofty suitor and genuine affection.
The New York Sun spotlights Venezuelan hallacas and Japanese raw fish with soy sauce in Manhattan eateries. Hallacas wrap minced pork and cornmeal in banana leaves served with Riocca wine, while the Japanese dish presents thin crisp fish strips with horseradish and soy sauce, offering adventurous diners global flavors.
A Success Magazine style vignette recalls an Eskimo man courting in a walrus oil lit cabin. The elder orders his daughter’s suitor cut out, warning he has lingered so long he is frozen to the snow settee. The piece contrasts male and female codes in engagements and funerals.
A Delineator piece by William Atherton Du Pay argues six million farm wives suffer a useless martyrdom. It notes some improvements like autos and running water, but concludes only about 10 percent of farmers' wives see better living conditions while overall farm life has worsened for many women.
Washington reports reveal the United States Senate ran up nearly $1.86 million in 1907 1908 funds covering salaries supplies repairs furnishings and travel. Items include lithia water bicycles typewriters mahogany desks chairs and a funeral budget highlighting the vast office expenses of the era.
Reports describe strikes in Naples and Westphalia, wage disputes in Scotland and Hungary, rising benefits in Minnesota, and union activity in Minneapolis. Notes on Austria Italy England and Germany show varied union shares, with wage talks and eight hour day changes. industry outlook remains mixed with gains in cotton, wool, leather, and building markets.
Dr Frederick H Millener of Union Pacific demonstrated wireless lighting at the Omaha Electrical Exposition. An experimental electric truck runs by wireless control in yards, and a similar setup switches the Auditorium lighting from six miles away via a Millener device fed through a Fort Omaha line.
A Spokane Chamber of Commerce secretary forwards letters from about 2,000 well-to-do bachelors in eastern Washington and neighboring regions to Rev. D. D. Vaughn of Chicago. The men seek wives and urge eligible women to respond to the minister’s circulars.
Dun's Review notes lower failures and a new five day peak in heavy bank payments. Crops progress well amid favorable growing conditions while wholesale demand grows for general merchandise and dry goods. Freight and passenger transport expand. grain marketing and finished goods movement rise. iron, steel, and furnaces show stronger activity. Tariff prospects loom, but agriculture’s solid outlook supports manufacturing and distribution with reemployment and broader railroad orders. Bank clearings total 275,108,417 for five days, up 27.6 percent from last year. Chicago district failures decline to 21.
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